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Narcotics Probe Leads To Search Warrants And Arrests Of Woonsocket, Cranston Men: Cops

A state police task force and unit, along with a special Cranston police unit, arrested the men, police said.

A Narcotics investigation led to the execution of search warrants and the arrests of men from Woonsocket and Cranston, police said.

Joshua Jackson, 36, and Brandin Fraielli, 38, were arrested by the Rhode Island State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, the state police Intelligence Unit and the Cranston Police Department Special Investigations Unit about 11:30 a.m. Oct. 29, the state police said in a media release.

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The arrests were the "result of search warrants executed at the conclusion of a narcotics investigation," the release said.

Jackson, a resident of Woonsocket, and Fraielli, a resident of Cranston, were charged with possession with the intent to deliver fentanyl, possession with the intent to deliver cocaine and controlled substance conspiracy, according to the release.

Fraielli was also charged with possession of a firearm while committing a controlled substance violation and large capacity feeding devices prohibited, according to the release.

The two men were processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks, arraigned and taken to the Adult Correctional Institutions, the release said.

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